This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness From: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, April 2017 Quick Summary: The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of shoe orthotics with and without chiropractic treatment for chronic low back pain as compared to no treatment. It is a Randomized Controlled Trial [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness From: The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, February 2016 Quick Summary: This is the “first systematic review to investigate the evidence for administering SMT in conjunction with other modalities, such as exercise, on people with COPD. The manipulation used was any form of [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness From: Frontiers in Immunology, January 2017 Quick Summary: The prevalence of autoimmunity is increasing in the Western countries. The role of vitamin D goes beyond the regulation of calcium homeostasis and bone health. Vitamin D is important in the modulation of the immune system. [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness From: Frontiers in Neurology, March 2016 Quick Summary: The purpose of this article, was to investigate the effects of cervical mobilization and manipulation on pain intensity and headache frequency, compared to traditional physical therapy in patients diagnosed with cervicogenic headache. Officially, cervicogenic headache is [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness From: Journal of Craniovertebral Junction Spine, April-June 2016 Quick Summary: These authors evaluated 39 subjects with leg length discrepancy and low back pain and 43 controls to quantify the occurrence of disc herniation between the two groups. Traditionally, surgery has been the primary [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness From: Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine, January 2017 Quick Summary: In the November 15, 2016 issue of the JAMA, the latest US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement on statins for prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults was published. The [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness From: PAIN, March 2018 Quick Summary: While there has been a long-standing belief that low back pain (LBP) is limited to adults, there is now substantial evidence to the contrary. In fact, research has shown that LBP develops with increasing frequency in adolescence, [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness From: American Journal of Surgery, April 1957 Quick Summary: Although only 15% of motor vehicle crashes are rear-end collisions, rear-end collisions account for 92% of patients who seek treatment for injuries. Over-compensation by the neck musculature in combination with the sudden deceleration results [...]

This week from Dr. Cerami and Utah Sports and Wellness From: Stroke, April 2017 Quick Summary: Sugar and artificially-sweetened beverage intake have been linked to cardiometabolic risk factors, which increase the risk of cerebrovascular disease and dementia. This study examined whether sugar or artificially sweetened beverage consumption was associated with the prospective risks [...]